What If the Megalodon Was Hiding in the Mariana Trench?

There is no mistaking the 15 cm (6 in) teeth of the largest apex predator, the megalodon. Getting bitten by this beast would feel like being crushed by three African elephants stacked on top of each other. What could this apex predator be hunting in the deep? How could it withstand the immense pressure? And how would the Mariana Trench make this apex predator more docile?

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00:00 The Apex Predator
01:04 We Know More About Mars Than our Oceans
02:42 How would the megalodon shark get its food?
04:21 What are piezolytes?

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